Cher At Her Italian Renissance-Style Refuge on a Malibu Bluff

“The infinity-edge pool is where I spend all of my time in the summer,” says Cher. From the loggia is a view of the pool, which seemingly overflows into the Pacific Ocean. An Egyptian sculpture rests on a woven-reed low table. Standing bronze oil lamps are beneath arches supported by columns with vines carved in relief.

Photography by Mary E. Nichols

The infinity-edge pool at the rear of Cher’s house.

Cher commissioned designer and longtime friend Ron Wilson to decorate an Italian Renaissance–style residence in Malibu. “I’m comfortable here,” says the singer-actress. “This house wraps its arms around me.” “Cher was totally involved with the landscape design, which is unbelievable,” says Wilson. “She’s very gifted.”

Photography by Mary E. Nichols

Cher’s entrance hall.

A late-19th-century painting depicting Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene, an antique bronze and a Gothic Revival settle are in the area where the entrance hall meets the lower stair landing. The walls, floors and staircase, which has an iron balustrade, are stone.

Photography by Mary E. Nichols

Cher’s living room.

“All of the art”—including the circa 1880 oil found in Europe that hangs in the living room—“was of special interest to Cher,” says designer Ron Wilson. “She was responsible for purchasing most of it herself.” Wallace Tutt III and designer Janet Bussell of Tutt Design Group also contributed to the residence’s design.

Photography by Mary E. Nichols

The entrance to Cher’s home.

“My house is so special because it’s my sanctuary, my fortress, really—the only place I have any privacy,” says Cher of her Italian Renaissance-style residence in Malibu.